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H. G. BUNCH. METHOD OF DECORATING FABRICS.

No. 476,033; Patented May 31, 1892i INVENTOH: $1 5 QM WITNESSES.

' drawings,

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY GORDON BUNCH, OF NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DANIEL LEROY DRESSER, OFFLUSHING, NEW YORK,

OF NEWVPORT, RI-IODE ISLAND.

AND EZRA READ GOODRIDGE,

METHOD OF DECORATING FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,033, dated May 31,1892. Application filed February 20, 1892. Serial No. 422,253. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY GORDON BUNoH, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented a new and Improved Method of Decorating Fabrics,of which the follow ing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved method ofdecorating fabrics in a very simple and substantial manner, so as togive the fabric a highly ornamental appearance.

The method consists of attaching flocks of wool, silk, or other materialto the surface of the body of the fabric, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying forming a part of thisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the finished fabric. Fig. 2 is a sectionalside elevation of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is asectional side elevation showing part of the device for carrying themethod into effect.

The improved method of decorating woven fabrics-such as dress goods,elastic webbings, &c.consists in attaching on one or both surfaces ofthe body of the fabric A flocks B of wool, silk, or other suitable material. The flocks B are arranged in ornamental figures, as plainlyillustrated in Fig. 1, and the several figures are arranged to form apredetermined design, so as to give the fabric a highly-ornamentalappearance.

In order to carry the method into effect, I employ a plate 0, preferablymade of sheet metal and formed with openings D, corresponding to thefigures desired to be formed by the flocks,-the said plate 0 beingplaced on that surface of the body of the fabric A to be ornamented.When this is done, a suitable adhesive substance E-such as cement, glue,or other composition-- is sprinkled through the openings D to cover thatpart of the surface of the body of the fabric exposed through theopenings D. After this has been done the plate 0 is removed, and thenthe flocks in a loose state are sprinkled, sifted, or jigged on theadhesive substance, so as to beunited to the body of the fabric by thesaid adhesive substance. The flocks not only adhere to the top of theadhesive substance, but

to the edges also, so that the adhesive sub stance is completely coveredand rendered invisible. It will be seen that as the adhesive substancehas the form of the figures desired to be formed on the body of thefabric the loose flocks will form a similar figure, thus ornamenting thefabric in the manner desired.

I am aware that stencils are old, and I am,

also aware that flocks have been applied to fabrics by means of anadhesive substance, and I do not claim such as my invention; but byapplying the adhesive substance to the fabric by means of apattern-plate the figures of adhesive material will have welldefinedoutlines and will stand up, as it were, from the fabric, so that whenthe flocks are applied the fabric will have the appearance of beingembossed. By the employment of pattern plates provision is also made forvarying the height of the figures of the design simply by usingpattern-plates of different thicknesses and applying a greater or lessquantity of adhesive substance to the fabric.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- I The method herein described of decoratingwoven fabrics, consisting in first placing an apertured pattern-plate onthe surface of the fabric, then applying an adhesive substance throughthe openings in the patternplate to the exposed part of the fabric, thenremoving the pattern-plate, and then sprinkling flocks on the adhesivesubstance to completely cover the top and edges thereof and render theadhesive substance invisible, as

specified.

HENRY GORDON BUNCH. Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, O. SEDGWICK.

